I feel that I should read these books but somehow am reluctant to do so. My DS is a non-verbal autistic child, I have had all the usual battles and more with the authorities, people's attitudes etc. Do I want to read about it all as well? I know I should. But when I read the review for Schtum in the Guardian I thought "Oh I must read that some time" rather than actually reaching for the Amazon order button as I normally do immediately when I read a review for a book I want to read....

Neurotribes is the best book I've read on the subject for years. I've followed Steve Silberman since I joined Twitter (think he followed me first, oddly enough - I usually get dodgy rappers speculatively following me, these days!) but I was quite taken aback by his writing. And cried a lot.

I'm still finding Schtum annoying. The adults in it are assholes and I don't like the writing style. I'll give it a few more nights then might move on.